Filled with tents featuring author talks, book signings, book sales and readings, Congress Avenue was quite a bustling street during the annual Texas Book Festival.
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Film, television and broadway actor Taye Diggs attended the Texas Book Festival held this past weekend to promote the publication of his new book, “Mixed Me.”
By Mia UhunmwuanghoThe Texas Book Festival comes to the Capital every year with vendors, publishers, authors and musicians from various genres. Every year there’s a cooking tent, a tent for poetry...
Among the many sessions listed on the Texas Book Festival schedule, the title “Tattoo Tales” definitely stood out. But what do tattoos have to do with books? Buzzfeed books editor Isaac Fitzgerald and artist Wendy McNaughton delivered a compelling discussion on the storytelling that stems from tattoos. “When you stop and ask somebody, ‘Hey, what made you decide to permanently mark your body with that image?’ there is always a story,” McNaughton says.
The twang of a sitar paired with the accompaniment of tabla were a reminder that one can always find beauty in this world. The morning “raga” transported the room to the streets of Kolkata. Tears streamed from the eyes of a few members of the audience, elicited by the harmonic passion flowing from each musician, as they played the tranquil piece.
